Business Analyst Interview Questions - 4

25. What does SQUARE mean?

SQUARE stands for Security Quality Requirements Engineering.

It is a software engineering step that deals with documenting the security requirements of the system.

26. What do you know about 8-omega?

8 -omega is a business framework used by business houses to improve their business. The key factors associated with it are: Strategy, People, Process and Technology.

27. What do you understand by a user-centered design methodology?

In this methodology, everything is done to make the end users comfortable and happy with the final product. The system is developed keeping in mind the end users and their requirements etc.

The effectiveness of a system is judged by its "Application Usability".

28. What are personas?

Personas are fictional characters that show the specific segment of users within a targeted demographic. The business analyst uses personas with market segmentation. Personas help designers to understand the different attitudes and behaviors of users within different demographic sections.   

Here are a few things that can be used to build a foundation for a persona:

i.) Goals: What is the person trying to achieve?
ii.) Desires: What motivates the persona to act in a specific way?
iii.) Skills: What abilities does the persona have?
iv.) Attributes: Differentiating characteristics a persona represents.
v.) Persona image: This gives the designers an anchoring point for the persona in their mind.
vi.) Character: Describes details about the persona.
vii.) Location: Describes the surrounding that the persona functions within.